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PART FIRST LITERARY CRITICISM IN ITALY I. THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM OF RENAISSANCE CRITICISM i. Medi?val Conceptions of Poetry. ii. The Moral Justification of Poetry. iii. The Final Justification of Poetry. II. THE GENERAL THEORY OF POETRY IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE i. Poetry as a Form of Scholastic Philosophy. ii. Poetry as an Imitation of Life. iii. The Function of Poetry. III. THE THEORY OF THE DRAMA i. The Subject of Tragedy. ii. The Function of Tragedy. iii. The Characters of Tragedy. iv. The Dramatic Unities. v. Comedy. IV. THE THEORY OF EPIC POETRY i. The Theory of the Epic Poem. ii. Epic and Romance. V. THE GROWTH OF THE CLASSIC SPIRIT IN ITALIAN CRITICISM i. Humanism. ii. Aristotelianism. iii. Rationalism. VI. ROMANTIC ELEMENTS IN ITALIAN CRITICISM i. The Ancient Romantic Element. ii. Medi?val Elements. iii. Modern Elements. PART SECOND LITERARY CRITICISM IN FRANCE I. THE CHARACTER AND DEVELOPMENT OF FRENCH CRITICISM IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY i. Character. ii. Development.II. THE THEORY OF POETRY IN THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE i. The Poetic Art. ii. The Drama. iii. Heroic Poetry. III. CLASSIC AND ROMANTIC ELEMENTS IN FRENCH CRITICISM DURING THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY i. Classical Elements. ii. Romantic Elements. IV. THE FORMATION OF THE CLASSIC IDEAL IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY i. The Romantic Revolt. ii. The Reaction against the Pléiade. iii. The Second Influx of Italian Ideas. iv. The Influence of Rationalistic Philosophy. PART THIRD LITERARY CRITICISM IN ENGLAND I. THE EVOLUTION OF ENGLISH CRITICISM FROM ASCHAM T0 MILTON II. THE GENERAL THEORY OF POETRY IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE III. THE THEORY OF DRAMATIC AND HEROIC POETRY i. Tragedy. ii. Comedy. iii. The Dramatic Unities. iv. Epic Poetry. IV. CLASSICAL ELEMENTS IN ELIZABETHAN CRITICISM i. Introductory: Romantic Elements. ii. Classical Metres. iii. Other Evidences of Classicism. CONCLUSION APPENDICES A. Chronological Table of the Chief Critical Works of the Sixteenth Century. B. Salviati’s Account of the Commentators on Aristotle’s Poetics. BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX PART FIRST LITERARY CRITICISM IN ITALY I. THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM OF RENAISSANCE CRITICISM i. Medi?val Conceptions of Poetry. ii. The Moral Justification of Poetry. iii. The Final Justification of Poetry. II. THE GENERAL THEORY OF POETRY IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE i. Poetry as a Form of Scholastic Philosophy. ii. Poetry as an Imitation of Life. iii. The Function of Poetry. III. THE THEORY OF THE DRAMA i. The Subject of Tragedy. ii. The Function of Tragedy. iii. The Characters of Tragedy. iv. The Dramatic Unities. v. Comedy. IV. THE THEORY OF EPIC POETRY i. The Theory of the Epic Poem. ii. Epic and Romance. V. THE GROWTH OF THE CLASSIC SPIRIT IN ITALIAN CRITICISM i. Humanism. ii. Aristotelianism. iii. Rationalism. VI. ROMANTIC ELEMENTS IN ITALIAN CRITICISM i. The Ancient Romantic Element. ii. Medi?val Elements. iii. Modern Elements. PART SECOND LITERARY CRITICISM IN FRANCE I. THE CHARACTER AND DEVELOPMENT OF FRENCH CRITICISM IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY i. Character. ii. Development. II. THE THEORY OF POETRY IN THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE i. The Poetic Art. ii. The Drama. iii. Heroic Poetry. III. CLASSIC AND ROMANTIC ELEMENTS IN FRENCH CRITICISM DURING THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY i. Classical Elements. ii. Romantic Elements. IV. THE FORMATION OF THE CLASSIC IDEAL IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY i. The Romantic Revolt. ii. The Reaction against the Pléiade. iii. The Second Influx of Italian Ideas. iv. The Influence of Rationalistic Philosophy. PART THIRD LITERARY CRITICISM IN ENGLAND I. THE EVOLUTION OF ENGLISH CRITICISM FROM ASCHAM T0 MILTON II. THE GENERAL THEORY OF POETRY IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE III. THE THEORY OF DRAMATIC AND HEROIC POETRY i. Tragedy. ii. Comedy. iii. The Dramatic Unities. iv. Epic Poetry. IV. CLASSICAL ELEMENTS IN ELIZABETHAN CRITICISM i. Introductory: Romantic Elements. ii. Classical Metres. iii. Other Evidences of Classicism. CONCLUSION APPENDICES A. Chronological Table of the Chief Critical Works of the Sixteenth Century. B. Salviati’s Account of the Commentators on Aristotle’s Poetics. BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX